344 Ch. 26 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

Behold! The twenty-eighth chapter of the Victorian penny dreadful Varney the Vampire, wherein we discover Mr. Marchdale's exculpation of himself, the search through the gardens, the spot of the deadly struggle, and the mysterious paper! To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

Harry and Simon of Windsor and Lyme Bay Auctions and The Gavel and the Gabble podcast join the Antiques Freaks for a chat about what we find most exciting in the antiques world of today. You can hear more of Harry and Simon by subscribing to The Gavel and the Gabble wherever you find your fave podcasts! 

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko returns to educate the Antiques Freaks on the wild history of deck chairs - from tuberculosis sanitoria to the Adirondacks to the Titanic and beyond!

While Ken recuperates, please enjoy this episode from our Varney vaults - wherein we discover the noble confidence of Flora Bannerworth in her lover, her opinion of the three letters, and the Admiral's admiration! To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

Carolyn Law takes Dee and Ken on an adventure throughout the hidden history of women silversmiths! Including Hester Bateman, Anne Tanqueray, Clara Barck Welles, and Frances Macbeth Glessner. Carolyn is a personal property appraiser with a specialization in silver, English, Irish, American Colonial and Federal; a collector of 18th century English silver, particularly by women silversmiths; an author of articles on silver and appraisal practice in Silver Magazine; and a member of the UK Silver Society.  You can learn more about Carolyn and her work at CarolynLawAntiques.com

Please enjoy this chapter from our Varney vaults, wherein Charles Holland writes three letters - OR DOES HE!? To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

Dee and Ken demonstrate a troubling lack of moral fiber in this fascinating tale of high art fraud! Once upon a time there was a truly excellent printmaker whose woodblock carvings and illustrations made viewers weep for their beauty. Unfortunately good art doesn’t pay. You know what does? Crime. Never apologize for your art.

Our old shipmate Hannah Haverkamp returns to regale us with the historical inspiration behind the costumes of The Terror! For all your age of sail, nautical, polar exploration, Victorian, historical-fiction-with-a-supernatural-twist needs. Featuring Royal Navy uniforms (and their lack of uniformity), Inuit engineering, and the thematic tragedy of Carnivale. Hannah’s Sources Parks Canada "Dressing For Arctic Expedition" Terror Camp 2022 Keynote: Annie Symon (Costume Designer) Terror Camp 2021 Panel D - Costuming: Alexa Figuerres (Uniforms and Undress), and Kit Barton (Carnivale) "Tales of the Doomed Franklin Expedition Long Ignored the Inuit Side, But “The Terror” Flips the Script" - Kat Eschner, for Smithsonian DRESSED TO KILL: BRITISH NAVAL UNIFORM, MASCULINITY, AND CONTEMPORARY FASHIONS 1748-1857 – Amy Miller THE ROYAL NAVY 1790-1970 – Robert Wilkinson-Latham HOW TO READ A SUIT – Lydia Edwards Ken’s Sources Erebus by Michael Palin Terrorspotting by Tealin on tumblr every post collected under our Terror tag on tumblr Dee’s Sources ‘Our ancestors returned home’: How a Chilkat robe made its way back to Southeast Alaska by Tripp J Crouse, KTOO watching the ding-danged show The Terror (2018) season one on AMC

Wherein Admiral Bell serves up a shaggy fish story that proves Charles Holland got his authorship talent from his uncle. Please enjoy this episode from our Varney Vaults! To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

Back in MY day (read: 18th and 19th century) we had to make our OWN Netflix! Uphill! Both ways! With hand-painted frame-by-frame animations spinning around an open flame! Kids these days don’t know how good they have it, or how shockingly affordable these handcrafted works of mechanical art have become on the secondary market.